Condon, Marie(Department of Physiotherapy, University of Limerick, 2011)

Background: Guidelines recommend people with Multiple Sclerosis (PwMS) receive regular physiotherapy reviews (NICE, 2003). However little is known about how PwMS are currently reviewed. Reviews can be face-to-face, telephone ...

Background: There is a well-recognized need for greater use of theory to address research translational gaps.
Normalization Process Theory (NPT) provides a set of sociological tools to understand and explain the ...

Adiponectin is an adipokine secreted by white adipocytes involved in regulating insulin sensitivity in peripheral tissues. Secretion of adiponectin in adipocytes relies on the endosomal system, however, the intracellular ...

Intellectual disability services recognise people with intellectual disability as a family member and
aim to provide effective support that facilitates family cohesion. However, the needs of families and
individuals ...

Raman data from human fingernails has been analysed to determine if a relationship exists between spectral features and bone quality. Previous work demonstrated a relationship between the manually determined intensity of ...

In this article, Carmel Hinchion and Jennifer Hennessy reflect on a project
undertaken by the Ubuntu Network in partnership with pre-service English
teachers and their lecturers at the University of Limerick. The project ...

Objective: It is not established whether myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is associated with structural brain changes. The aim of this study was to investigate this by conducting the largest voxel-based ...

Background: Hamstring injury is one of the most common injuries affecting gaelic footballers, similar to other field sports. Research in other sports on whether residual hamstring weakness is present after hamstring injury ...

Introduction
Economy is now thought to be one of the main performance indicators in elite distance runners. Economy is the amount of metabolic energy expended at a given velocity. In addition to cardiovascular capacity, ...

Conducting fieldwork in conflict situations raises specific
methodological and ethical questions. While Taussig
(1984, 1987, 1992) and Scheper-Hughes (1995) have
called for anthropologists to speak out against terror, ...

Background: low back pain (lBP) is a very common musculoskeletal disorder. Lumbar range of motion (ROM) and
posture are parameters which are commonly assessed in lBP research. Reliable methods of measuring lumbar
spine ...

Background: An Asylum Seeker is defined as a person seeking refugee status. In Ireland, Asylum Seekers spend between three and eight years living in Direct Provision awaiting this status. Direct Provision provides food and ...

Background: Documenting the history of occupational therapy allows practitioners to understand the factors which influenced the development of their profession and contemporary practice. The documentation of the history ...

Background: Despite increased investment in primary care research and development (R&D), the
level of engagement of primary healthcare professionals with research remains poor. The aim of
this study is to assess the level ...

What is qualitative research? Are there different types of
qualitative research? Is qualitative research important in medicine?
Is it not enough for me to understand quantitative research and its
methodology? It is ...

What is the difference between a cohort and a case-control trial?
And why is it important? As a student, it is sometimes difficult to
appreciate the difference between these two study methods, and
why should it matter ...

Background: The implementation of guidelines and training initiatives to support communication in cross-cultural
primary care consultations is ad hoc across a range of international settings with negative consequences ...